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TORONTO - º£½ÇÉçÇø¹ÙÍøpolice are looking for the public’s help identifying a suspect in a string of alleged hate-motivated vandalism at synagogues in the city’s north end.
A man from Oakville, Ont., is facing criminal charges after a series of 14 armed bank robberies and two retail robberies in º£½ÇÉçÇø¹ÙÍøand several communities across southern Ontario including Guelph, Hamilton and Niagara. A º£½ÇÉçÇø¹ÙÍøPolice Service logo patch is shown in Toronto, on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
TORONTO - º£½ÇÉçÇø¹ÙÍøpolice are looking for the public’s help identifying a suspect in a string of alleged hate-motivated vandalism at synagogues in the city’s north end.
Police say a man vandalized signs on the front lawns of three separate synagogues along Bayview Avenue between Finch Avenue East and Lawrence Avenue East last Sunday.Â
They say the suspect is middle-aged with a medium build, had facial hair and was wearing a dark green sweater, dark-coloured baseball hat and light-coloured pants and drove a grey Ford pickup truck.
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Police believe he is the same person involved in a series of suspected hate-motivated vandalism cases last December in the area of Bayview Avenue and York Mills Road.
Police say on Dec. 2 and Dec. 20, a middle-aged man with a medium build and moustache driving a dark grey Ford pickup vandalized signs on the front lawn of a synagogue before fleeing in his vehicle.Â
Police ask anyone with information to come forward and the investigation is ongoing.Â
This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 24, 2025.
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